Hershey is investing $1 million to acquire new production capabilities to make face masks for its employees and their families as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unlike other food and beverage companies that retrofit existing equipment for personal protective equipment (PPE) production, Hershey is expanding its capabilities to keep both chocolate and PPE manufacturing operations running. This way Hershey ensures a safe and clean working environment for continual operations as well as providing relief for much needed face masks to protect health workers and general public against the highly contagious coronavirus.

The U.S. Postal Service’s financial health may be too fragile to fight the coronavirus.

The volume of first-class mail, the agency’s main source of revenue, has been declining for years, and the coronavirus has accelerated the downward trend. At a time when people are increasingly ordering online, one might think that the surge in package deliveries would offset these losses. Unfortunately, debt obligations tied to pre-funding retiree benefits 75 years into the future have made it impossible for the USPS to remain solvent. Should it get bailed out like so many other organizations?

In downtown Manhattan, Starbucks locations abound. Within a four-block radius, coffee lovers can find a 30,000 square foot upscale Roastery, a new Starbucks Reserve, and several traditional Starbucks shops.

How can the coffee chain open so many locations nearby one another and not succumb to cannibalization? Restaurant analyst, R.J. Hottovy, says it’s because people drink coffee multiple times a day and the various store formats meet different needs, ranging from a need for convenience to a desire for upscale ambience.